My Land, My Life : : Dispossession at the Frontier of Desire /

My Land, My Life : : Dispossession at the Frontier of Desire / / Siobhan McDonnell; ed. by Tarcisius Kabutaulaka.

Throughout Oceania, land is central to identity because it is understood to be spiritually nourishing and sustaining. Land is the mother. Land, and the kinship it nurtures, is the basis for sustaining livelihoods and ways of life. Therefore, Indigenous dispossession from the land has deep and far-re...

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McDonnell, Siobhan,
HerausgeberIn:
Kabutaulaka, Tarcisius,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Pacific Islands Monographs Series ; 31
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 14 b&w illustrations, 5 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Editor’s Note
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: My Land, My Life
  • 1. Reciprocity as a Fugitive Anthropologist
  • 2. Weaving Narratives of Place
  • 3. Performing Property, Throwing Silver Dollars
  • 4. Custom Landownership a Frankenstein Corpse?
  • 5. The Frontier of Desire
  • 6. The Masters of Modernity
  • 7. Mama Graon
  • Conclusion: Refusal: Attempts to Decolonize Law
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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